Best Buy
Director, Best Buy Ads Product Development
Best Buy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55400
Job Description
Best Buy Ads is a retail media business with relationships as dynamic and data rich as consumer tech itself. With Best Buy Ads, our advertising partners can reach customers in the moments their brand matters most. Our audiences aren't mindlessly filling carts. We're with them as they learn, imagine, troubleshoot, try, buy, compare, and use. With Best Buy Ads, our clients are right there too. We help brands meet their goals with access to our audiences, inventory, and breadth of multi-channel solutions. Advertising with us is more than brand safe, it's brand building. Join our team on a different kind of journey
In this role, you will lead a team to develop the business strategy around the portfolio of advertising products across channels including onsite and offsite media. These advertising products help our advertisers meet their objectives, while helping shoppers discover & shop, as a part of Best Buy Ads. Given the quickly changing Retail Media landscape, this role requires an innovative leader who is comfortable piloting new ideas with a strong collaborative approach working cross functionally. This high visibility role requires management of multiple stakeholders and the ability to manage and influence up and across the organization. The ideal candidate will be able to use story-telling and have an ability to simplify complex technology to gain strategic alignment. This is a challenging, yet rewarding, role that requires a combination of strategic thinking, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of the Advertising Technology and the Retail Media landscape.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you'll do
Identify and pursue new opportunities to expand the reach and impact of Best Buy Ads via new Ad Products, ad technology and partnershipsCollaborate with cross-functional teams, such as technology, sales, media, reporting & insights, creative and enablement to ensure the seamless integration and delivery of ad productsMonitor and analyze retail media trends, competitive landscape to optimize and improve Best Buy Ads complex product portfolioInfluences stakeholders through relationship building acting as compelling storyteller, leads with emotional intelligence, communicates with confidenceBasic qualifications
8+ years of experience in Advertising Technology, Media, TV platforms, or similar field8+ years of experience leading cross-functionally and leading large, strategic work with a focus in change leadership5+ years of experience building strategic plans, business plans and/or developing roadmapsProven ability to negotiate partnerships and business agreements in a highly competitive and ever-evolving marketPreferred qualifications
12+ years of experience in Advertising Technology, Media, TV platforms, or similar fieldBachelors or equivalent experience in Business, advertising or related fieldWhat's in it for youWe're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Competitive payGenerous employee discountPhysical and mental well-being supportAbout usAs part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy in an equal opportunity employer.
Benefits
Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being, as outlined in the Benefits Guide. Eligibility may vary.
Best Buy Ads is a retail media business with relationships as dynamic and data rich as consumer tech itself. With Best Buy Ads, our advertising partners can reach customers in the moments their brand matters most. Our audiences aren't mindlessly filling carts. We're with them as they learn, imagine, troubleshoot, try, buy, compare, and use. With Best Buy Ads, our clients are right there too. We help brands meet their goals with access to our audiences, inventory, and breadth of multi-channel solutions. Advertising with us is more than brand safe, it's brand building. Join our team on a different kind of journey
In this role, you will lead a team to develop the business strategy around the portfolio of advertising products across channels including onsite and offsite media. These advertising products help our advertisers meet their objectives, while helping shoppers discover & shop, as a part of Best Buy Ads. Given the quickly changing Retail Media landscape, this role requires an innovative leader who is comfortable piloting new ideas with a strong collaborative approach working cross functionally. This high visibility role requires management of multiple stakeholders and the ability to manage and influence up and across the organization. The ideal candidate will be able to use story-telling and have an ability to simplify complex technology to gain strategic alignment. This is a challenging, yet rewarding, role that requires a combination of strategic thinking, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of the Advertising Technology and the Retail Media landscape.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you'll do
Identify and pursue new opportunities to expand the reach and impact of Best Buy Ads via new Ad Products, ad technology and partnershipsCollaborate with cross-functional teams, such as technology, sales, media, reporting & insights, creative and enablement to ensure the seamless integration and delivery of ad productsMonitor and analyze retail media trends, competitive landscape to optimize and improve Best Buy Ads complex product portfolioInfluences stakeholders through relationship building acting as compelling storyteller, leads with emotional intelligence, communicates with confidenceBasic qualifications
8+ years of experience in Advertising Technology, Media, TV platforms, or similar field8+ years of experience leading cross-functionally and leading large, strategic work with a focus in change leadership5+ years of experience building strategic plans, business plans and/or developing roadmapsProven ability to negotiate partnerships and business agreements in a highly competitive and ever-evolving marketPreferred qualifications
12+ years of experience in Advertising Technology, Media, TV platforms, or similar fieldBachelors or equivalent experience in Business, advertising or related fieldWhat's in it for youWe're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Competitive payGenerous employee discountPhysical and mental well-being supportAbout usAs part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy in an equal opportunity employer.
Benefits
Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being, as outlined in the Benefits Guide. Eligibility may vary.